The majority of Americans who do not hunt only accept hunting if they believe the hunter is killing an animal to eat it. Public support for hunting declines rapidly if hunters kill animals for trophy mounts. When it comes to shooting an animal just to kill it as would be the case for hunters shooting . . . →Read More:Wolf Restoration is a Challenge to West’s Old Guard
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With Live Wildlife,Programs and Fun for the Entire Family This year’s annual Woodland Wildlife Festival to be held on Saturday,October 2nd promises to be a fun and educational event for the entire family,with continuous daytime and evening programs and activities with lots of live wildlife. The festival has continued to grow and . . . →Read More:WILDLIFE FESTIVAL SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 2nd Send an easy e-postcard to the Fish and Wildlife Service urging the release of the Engineer Springs pack The number of Mexican gray wolves in the wild fell from 52 at the end of 2008 to only 42 at the end of 2009. Four more wolves have died so far this year. Yet the U. . . . →Read More:Free the Engineer Springs 8 The Montana chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has put some of its own money toward deterring illegal off-road vehicle use. The group paid a $500 reward last week to a Bitterroot Valley resident who witnessed riders taking motorized vehicles into restricted parts of the Bitterroot National Forest,according to chapter chairman Greg Munther. “We . . . →Read More:Montana outdoors group pays reward to deter illegal off-road vehicle use With fewer than 40 Mexican wolves,excluding pups,still in the wild,it’s time for the Fish and Wildlife Service to re-release M1052, this week’s re-release candidate. A brother of our first three re-release candidates,M1052 was a tiny pup when removed from the Saddle pack den in 2007. He had no part in killing livestock and is . . . →Read More:Free Mexican wolf M1052 With fall fast approaching,I want to take this opportunity to provide an update on our forest plan revision process. As you may recall,in December 2009 we issued the Notice of Intent in the Federal Register to revise the 1987 forest plan and to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS). In April 2010,we . . . →Read More:Forest Plan Revision Update-September 2010” 2010 “Fall Into the Wild” Schedule Saturday,September 25,2010 8:00 Digital Photography followed by hands-on application Visitor Center Basic Birding Skills followed by field identification Barn Loft 8:30 Escudilla Mountain tour ($20) Meet at flagpole 9:00 Aldo Leopold interpretation followed by “Nature Sleuth” hike Amphitheater Basic fly fishing instruction Field south of visitor center . . . →Read More:Fall into Wild–Saturday at Sipe Wildlife Area The Forest Service – Springerville Ranger District is seeking volunteers to assist in reconstruction of a barbed wire fence near the Mount Baldy Wilderness boundary to restrict motor vehicle access. The fence is located in the Burro Mountain area (FR8037) and has not been maintained in many years due to the absence of livestock. Due . . . →Read More:Help Keep ATVs Out of the Baldy Wilderness Don’t have a Spokesman.com account? Create one here for free. Tags:Bureau of Land Management grazing permits Mark Salvo Nicholas Woychick public land Western Watersheds Project WildEarth Guardians BOISE – The Bureau of Land Management must release the names and addresses of people with grazing permits on the nation’s public land,a federal judge has . . . →Read More:BLM must release names of those with grazing permits White Mountain Stewardship Project’s Multi-Party Monitoring Board The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests and the White Mountain Stewardship Project’s Multi-Party Monitoring Board are pleased to share with stakeholders this report entitled “Evaluating the Impacts of Forest Treatments:The First Five Years of the White Mountain Stewardship Project.”The White Mountain Stewardship Project is the first and only 10-year stewardship contract in the nation,and is designed to restore forest health,reduce the risk of wildfire to communities,reduce the cost of forest thinning to taxpayers,support local economies and encourage new wood product industries and uses for the thinned wood fiber. . . . →Read More:White Mountain Stewardship Report Published | ||||
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